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dream

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dream1 /driːm/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]  
1  while sleeping 睡着时DREAM a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep 梦 → daydream
 I had lots of dreams last night.
昨晚我做了很多梦。
dream about
 a dream about drowning
溺水的梦
in a dream
 In my dream I flew to a forest of enormous trees.
我在梦中飞到了一片生长着巨树的森林里。
2  wish 愿望HOPE a wish to do, be, or have something – used especially when this seems unlikely 梦想，愿望，理想
 Her dream is to make a movie.
她的梦想是要拍一部电影。
dream of (doing) something
 She had dreams of university.
她的梦想是上大学。
fulfil/realize a dream
 I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion.
我成为冠军，圆了我儿时的梦。
 I have just met the man of my dreams (=the perfect man)!
我刚刚遇到了我梦中的白马王子！
beyond your wildest dreams (=better than anything you imagined or hoped for) 做梦也想不到
3  dream house/home/job etc something that seems perfect to someone 梦想中的房屋/家/工作等
 I’ve finally found my dream house.
我终于找到了理想中的房子。
 Win a dream holiday for two in San Francisco!
来赢取旧金山双人梦幻假期大奖啦！
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dream house/home/job etc• Finally, my family had a dream home and I had my own room with a view of Mount Fuji.• A palace, Carolyn told herself, a dream house.• It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat.• Cracking up ... the dream home that's become a couple's nightmare.• John Combes and his wife lived out their lives in their dream house, and their children stayed here until the 1760s.• But just a couple of days after they moved into their dream home in Quedgeley, it was stolen and torched.• Sadly, they were forced to rent their dream house to tenants for the $ 25 monthly mortgage.
4  in a dream IMAGINEhaving a state of mind in which you do not notice or pay attention to things around you 魂不守舍，心不在焉
 Ruth went about her tasks in a dream.
露丝神思恍惚地做着事情。
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in a dream• You were asleep; in a dream over this woman, and time went by.• I can't see him physically but I meet with him in dreams.• He seemed to be moving through mud, his actions hampered as if in a dream.• Tod's hidden mind insists, in dream form, that Tod feels pain.• This means that you live in a dream.• Except only in dreams would we be that flexible and sure-footed.• The town had emerged like a place in a dream.• She moved as if she were in a dream, wading through viscous liquid.
5  be a dream come true WANTif something is a dream come true, it happens after you have wanted it to happen for a long time 梦想成真
 Marriage to her is a dream come true.
结婚对她来说是梦想成真了。
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be a dream come true• But winning a honeymoon just months before your wedding is a dream come true.• For him, being aboard the raft was a dream come true.• For Ruth it will be a dream come true as she becomes the youngest female licensed amateur rider in history.• It really is a dream come true.• It would be a dream come true to be able to observe my favourite species in a more natural situation.• That would be a dream come true, but everybody around the country wants to win it.• Winning a number was a dream come true for Deborah Fullford of Cambridge, the final Massachusetts woman selected.
6  like a dream EFFECTIVEextremely well or effectively 好极了；非常有效
 The plan worked like a dream.
这个计划进行得非常顺利。
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worked like a dream• But it worked like a dream for the Republicans two years ago.
7  be/live in a dream world IMAGINEto have ideas or hopes that are not correct or likely to happen 生活在梦幻世界
 If you think that all homeless people have it as easy as me, then you are living in a dream world.
如果你认为所有无家可归的人都能像我那样轻松自在，那你就想得太美了。
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be/live in a dream world• If you think he'll change, you're living in a dream world.
8  be a dream be perfect or very desirable 很完美，非常理想
 Her latest boyfriend is an absolute dream.
她的新任男友非常理想。
 Some performers are a dream to work with; others are not.
有些演员合作起来很愉快，但有些却不行。
somebody’s dream (=something someone would really like) 某人的理想之物
 She’s every adolescent schoolboy’s dream.
她是每一个青春期男生的梦中女神。
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be a dream• He was dreaming; maybe it was the way he would dream for the rest of his short life.• I wondered for a moment whether I was dreaming, and then silently gave thanks.• Brilliant and thoroughly counterculture, Kaczynski is a dream crime suspect for our 1990s infotainment-please society.• Maybe the Cro-Magnon cave people were dreaming of the animals they hoped to see when they drew them on the cave walls.• Then, of course, as they are dreams, that sense that nothing exists directly behind you either is omnipresent.• In many ways, though, this is a dream job for Barkley, a big sports fan.
9  in your dreams spokenIMAGINE used to say in a rude way that something is not likely to happen 痴心妄想，在做梦〔表示某事不可能发生〕
 ‘I’m going to ask her to go out with me.’ ‘In your dreams!’
“我要约她出来。” “做你的梦吧！”
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in your dreams• Believing in your Dreams is a powerful magnetic force!• No doubt he was studying the Cabala in his dreams.• He was very frightened of the spirits and they ran after him in his dreams.• I know they will come back to haunt me in my dreams.• He was a prophet too, and spoke to men in their dreams.• The gods often spoke to men in their dreams.• A pirate who might have been a Susan in his Dreams.• Her spine twisted; in her dreams she twisted, turning toward that clearing again, again.• "I can beat you, no problem." "Yeah, in your dreams."
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep 梦
verbs
have a dream 做梦
I had a dream about you last night.
昨晚我梦到了你。
adjectives
a bad dream (=unpleasant or frightening) 噩梦
The movie gave the kids bad dreams.
那部影片让小孩子做噩梦。
a strange/weird dream 怪梦
Sometimes I have a strange dream in which I try to speak but I can’t.
有时候我会做怪梦,梦见自己张嘴却不能说话。
a vivid dream (=very clear) 逼真的梦
nIn a vivid dream he saw a huge coloured bird flying above his head.
a recurrent/recurring dream (=that you have many times) 反复出现的梦
nHaving recurrent dreams is a very common experience.
phrases
be/seem like a dream (=seem unreal) 就像是做梦
That summer was so wonderful it seemed like a dream.
那个夏天非常美好,就像是在做梦。
Sweet dreams! (=said to someone who is going to bed) 做个好梦！
nGood night, Sam! Sweet dreams!
n THESAURUS
when you are sleeping
dream the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep
I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dream
She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
daydream a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you
Neil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.
reverie formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming
The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.
something that you want to do
dream something very special that you want to do and that you think about a lot, especially something that is not very likely to happen
As a teenager, his dream was to become a professional footballer.
ambition something that you want to achieve and that you work hard to achieve, especially in your work
My ambition had always been to start my own business.
aspirations the important things that people want from their lives – used especially about the things a society or a large group of people wants
It’s important that young people think seriously about their career aspirations.
fantasy something exciting that you imagine happening to you, which is extremely unlikely to happen and often involves sex
schoolboy fantasies
pipe dream a dream that is impossible or is extremely unlikely to happen
Is world peace no more than a pipe dream?
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a wish to do, be, or have something – used especially when this seems unlikely 梦想，愿望，理想
nverbs
have a dream/dreams
I had dreams of becoming a doctor.
achieve/fulfil/realize a dream (=do or get what you want)
He had finally achieved his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.
pursue/follow a dream (=try to do or get what you want)
She left her home town to pursue her dreams.
dream a dream literary (=have a wish)
We can dream great dreams for ourselves and others.
nADJECTIVES/NOUN + dream
big/great dreams (=a wish to achieve great things)
She was a little girl with big dreams.
an impossible dream (=about something that cannot happen)
Having a number one record had seemed an impossible dream.
a childhood dream (=that you had when you were a child)
I had a childhood dream of becoming an astronaut.
a lifelong dream (=that you have had all your life)
His lifelong dream had been to write a novel.
a distant dream (=that it will take a long time to achieve)
Peace in this area may still be a distant dream.
phrases
na dream comes true (=something you want happens)
I’d always wanted to go to Africa and at last my dream came true.
nthe man/woman/house etc of your dreams (=the perfect one for you)
We can help you find the house of your dreams.
nnot/never in your wildest dreams (=used to say that you had never expected something to happen)
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win the competition.
beyond your wildest dreams (=better or more than you ever hoped for) 做梦也想不到
nSuddenly he was wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.
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dream• Dreaming dreams, hoping for magic.• When she woke, she found that it was all a dream.• Ben seemed lost in a dream.• The events of the past few days seemed like a bad dream.• The subconscious does not distinguish between desires and fears, between dreams and nightmares.• Last year her dream came true and she was offered a chance to study in America.• Her dream was to go to Hollywood and become a movie star.• After the accident, Clarke had to give up his dream of becoming a racing driver.• His dream came to him in flashes.• She, herself, Nicie, into dreams, fantasies.• Your wife and me-no more dreams.• You and Bobby were in my dream last night.• None of my dream are about work.• I never remember my dreams when I wake up.• She had no dreams for me, so I created my own.• Towards morning, Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years.• When I was younger, I had recurring dreams in which I was constantly pursued by soldiers.• Alfonso's dream was to be a professional ball player.• I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of tropical forest.• Now they must try to put their dreams back together again.
dream about• I dreamt about her last night.
dream of (doing) something• Right in the middle of the action, where he has always dreamed of being but never quite reached.• Painting on wall or canvas as dream of plenitude, painting on glass as revelation of potential in poverty.• Nothing he had foreseen, nothing he had dreamed of could have bodied forth the shape and taste of this existence.• But she had dreamed of it endlessly in those days when she had adored him.• The truth of his life is that Prefontaine died before achieving his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.• Even then Dean was at a point most players would never dream of reaching.• Tolstoy said that hopes are the dreams of the waking man.• But they are deliberately vague because there are great problems with the dream of a tax form that fits on to a postcard.
dream2 ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp dreamed or dreamt /dremt/)  
1  THINK ABOUTwish 希望 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to think about something that you would like to happen or have 梦想，希望
dream of/about (doing) something
 She dreamed of becoming a chef.
她梦想成为一名大厨。
 He’s got the sort of money that you and I can only dream about.
他拥有的钱你我之辈只能在梦里想想了。
dream (that)
 She dreamed that one day she would be famous.
她梦想有一天能成名。
n Grammar
You dream of doing something:
I’ve always dreamed of being an artist.
✗Don’t say: I’ve always dreamed to be an artist.
2  while sleeping 睡着时 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DREAM to have a dream while you are asleep 做梦，梦见
3  not pay attention 注意力不集中 [intransitiveI] to think about something else and not give your attention to what is happening around you 做白日梦，开小差 SYN daydream
4  imagine 想象 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]IMAGINE to imagine that you have done, seen, or heard something that you have not 想象着做过[见过，听到过]（某事）
5  never dreamed (that) used to say that you did not think that something would happen 从没想过，做梦也没想过
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never dreamed (that)• He had never dreamed a person could be so powerless in his power.• They never dreamed of getting them back.• That's because large events involve extra considerations you never dreamed of when doing a small conference.• With Chris he had known a joy he had never dreamed of.• She had a tremendous gift for making people see their own potential and do things they never dreamed possible.• Abe Lincoln had probably never dreamed there would be colleges like this, for blacks, in the South.• Wella's high quality, creamy formulations give you a look you never dreamed you could achieve at home.
6  wouldn’t dream of (doing) something spokenNOT DO something used to say that you would never do something because you think it is bad or wrong 无论如何也不会做某事
7  who would have dreamt that ...? spokenSURPRISED used to express surprise about something that has happened 谁能料到会…？〔表示惊讶〕
8 dream something ↔ away phrasal verbphr v WASTE somethingto waste time by thinking about what may happen 〔在空想中〕虚度〔光阴〕
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dream away• Even now, 100 days before the start of the Centennial Olympics in Atlanta, the dream seems far away.• I watch the horrible dream drive away and disappear in a dribble of tail-lights.• The dream squelched away as she went ankle-deep into a pool.• But now most of the dragons slumber, dreaming the centuries away until the end of the world.
9 dream on phrasal verbphr v [only in imperative] spoken HOPEused to tell someone that they are hoping for something that will not happen 别做梦了〔用于告诉某人希望的事情不可能发生〕
10 dream something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v INVENTto think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one 想出〔不同寻常的计划、主意〕
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dream up• The theory must have sounded wonderful to the think-tankers who dreamed it up.• In my dream I got up and went to the office.• He didn't have the muscle to Dream it all up for himself.• April 18: Had that lousy dream about packing up for the concentration camp and the clock going dead.• Most love is a dream we wake up from.• Understanding of the dream built up in layers, over a long period of time.• He had dreamed of fixing up the two-story, 1,000-square - foot summer cabin on South Mountain for his retirement.
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dream• Do animals dream?• I hoped that someone would wake me up, that I had only been dreaming.• The Rockets can close their eyes and dream about tasting dessert before they've earned it.• I dreamt about you last night.• Even now we're married I look at her and she's like a girl that you might dream about.• Going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about.• Most of the students were dreaming during the lecture.• He was dreaming; maybe it was the way he would dream for the rest of his short life.• Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.• I was sure I mailed the letter yesterday, but I must have dreamed it.• When I was at college I dreamed of becoming a great novelist.• Stephanie often dreams of long sea journeys.• I would not dream of toying with you.• Some thought it was the breakthrough scientists had dreamed of.• I dreamed that I was lying on a beach in the Caribbean.• Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this.• And she had not been half asleep and dreaming this time.• Paradoxically, while dreaming we are without imagination and we are not aware that we are dreaming.
dream (that)• My feet had warmed up, so I had slept more soundly, without dreaming.• Others seek but do not find the true love of their dreams.• I dream at night beside the wedge-shaped tower, a glass axe buried in the earth.• Her deprivation had been not having any dreams of her own at all.• But this day is something I've dreamed of since I was a kid and I just want to enjoy it.• We would never have dreamed of this kind of freedom.• I turned over, got my dreams out of my bag and started flicking through them.• When young, he had been visited constantly by dreams that he could not interpret.• I often dream that I'm falling.• King dreamt that white and black people would join together as equals.
dream (that)• My feet had warmed up, so I had slept more soundly, without dreaming.• Others seek but do not find the true love of their dreams.• I dream at night beside the wedge-shaped tower, a glass axe buried in the earth.• Her deprivation had been not having any dreams of her own at all.• But this day is something I've dreamed of since I was a kid and I just want to enjoy it.• We would never have dreamed of this kind of freedom.• I turned over, got my dreams out of my bag and started flicking through them.• When young, he had been visited constantly by dreams that he could not interpret.
Origin dream1
Old English dream “noise, great happiness”
dream1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →COLLOCATIONS2
→n THESAURUS1dream2 verb →n GRAMMAR1
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